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Swift Canoe & Kayak choose TeXtreme fabrics for canoe

09 Jan '15

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Leading Canadian canoe manufacturer Swift Canoe & Kayak have recently released a version of their Keewaydin 16 model of canoe, featuring TeXtreme Spread Tow carbon fabrics.

TeXtreme Spread Tow carbon fibre reinforcements are used in applications and products requiring weight savings, improved strength and stiffness. Customers using TeXtreme achieves weight savings of about 20-30 per cent on the finished composite parts, compared to when using conventional carbon fibre reinforcements, according to reports.

Bill Swift president of Swift Canoe & Kayak said, “Advancements in carbon fibre technology are changing the way we design products. It has changed the approach of the automotive, sailing, hockey, cycling, and aerospace worlds, to name a few, and its effect on the paddle sports industry is growing exponentially.”

“Using TeXtreme creates an ultra-lightweight canoe that's got an unmatched strength to weight ratio. Using our signature resin infusion process, the TeXtreme cloth generates a unique pattern on the hull that’s coupled with increased abrasion resistance compared to our standard carbon cloth,” he added.

The Swift canoe is one of many applications that are using TeXtreme Spread Tow carbon reinforcements. Other applications reinforced by TeXtreme are: bicycles, America’s Cup boats, Formula 1/NASCAR cars/Le Mans cars, ice hockey sticks, golf shafts, advanced aerospace parts, table tennis blades, floorball sticks, etc.

Swift Canoe and Kayak is Canada’s leading manufacturer of fibreglass, Kevlar, carbon-Kevlar, carbon, Royalex, and Royalite canoes and kayaks.

TeXtreme is a material, mainly produced using carbon fibre, and is used in composite products. (GK)

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